Former Disney Star Tiffany Thornton's Husband Killed in Car Crash

Musician and MTV star Chris Carney was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Arkansas early Friday, TMZ reports. The 35-year-old was married to former Sonny With a Chance actress Tiffany Thornton. They have two sons together: 3-year-old Kenneth James and 21-month-old Bentley Cash.

Carney and the vehicle's driver, Ezekiel Blanton, were pronounced dead on the scene after the car drove around a bend and slammed into a tree. The Arkansas Times was the first to report the news.

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Carney appeared on the MTV show twentyfourseven and was a former member of the rock band The Prom Kings. He married Thornton in 2011 in a ceremony attended by the actress' Sonny With a Chance co-star Demi Lovato, who served as a bridesmaid. Lovato's boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama was named godfather to Carney and Thornton's first child one year later. According to the Arkansas Times, Carney had been working as a probation officer in Hot Springs municipal court. His mother Ruth Carney is the town's mayor.

Many have taken Lovato's tweet from Friday to be related to the tragedy:

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